Manly StatePrimary School
Principal: Mr Clayton Carnes / / 63 Ernest Street, Manly, 4179
Deputy Principal: Mrs Nicole Douglas
Mrs Lisa Carroll / Ph: (07) 3906 6333
Fax: (07) 3906 6300
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Third Party Website Consent

Privacy Notice

The Department of Education and Training is collecting your personal information on this form in order to obtain consent for disclosure of a student’s personal information to facilitate registration and use of third party web based software identified on the form. The information will be used and disclosed by authorised school employees for the purposes outlined on the form.

Student personal information collected on this may also be used or disclosed to third parties where authorised or required by law. This information will be stored securely. If you wish to access or correct any of the personal student information on this form or discuss how it has been dealt with, please contact your student’s school in the first instance.

Dear Parent/Guardian,

The use of web based educational resources has risen steadily over the last decade and are increasingly being used by teachers across Queensland to improve student learning outcomes.Our school and teachers make decisions about the best technology to meet the needs of our students. Sometimes it is beneficial for students to utilise services provided by third party web based providers.

Manly State School wishes to utilise the third party web based service provider/s listed below to aid students learning. For your student to use the service the teacher will need to register them as a user. Registering with these providers requires student personal information to be disclosed to the provider of the service. In the case of the services outlined below they are private companies that are hosted onshore in Australia/and/or/outside of Australia.Outside of Australia means that data that is entered to register for these sites will be stored on servers that are not based in Australia and therefore are not bound by Queensland’s privacy laws. Information required for registration is often very limited but may include disclosing some of the following information about your student:

  • Student Name (often just first name or with initials),
  • Year group,
  • Class Teacher

We need your permission for the registration and use of these sites by your student.

Note: It is not compulsory for you to provide this consent – If you decide not to provide consent, this will not adversely affect academic achievement, or any relationships with teachers or the school.

Before you complete this consent form it is important that you understand the reasons that these websites collect this information, what will be done with it, who else may have access to it and where the data is stored. This information can be found in the hyperlinks below referring to each website’s terms and conditions and/or privacy policy.

Please read these and ensure that you understand the implications of using this service before giving your consent. If you have any queries around the storage of student’s information, please feel free to contact school administration.

Included here are the third party web based service provider/s which are currently used within some classrooms at Manly State School:

Listed below are the third party web based providers used at Manly State School
Provider / Type of Service / Website / Terms of use / Privacy Policy / Storage
Mathletics / Mathletics is an engaging format and designed to be supportive and targeted to the Australian mathematics curriculum forprimary andsecondary students. / / / / Cloud based servers in Australia
Reading Eggs / ABC Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities. / / / / Cloud based servers in Australia
Schoolbo / Skoolbo is a site designed to motivate students to make further exploration of literacy and numeracy concepts / / / / .
Cloud based servers using Microsoft Windows Azure in the USA and Singapore
Study Ladder / Studdyladder is an online educational program that provides additional activities for students in all learning areas including activities for NAPLAN practice and other special events (e.g. Olympics) / / / / all information owned and stored by Studdyladder: cloud based in USA
Spelling City / Website providing literacy related activities around spelling and vocabulary. / / / / Servers are located in a secured, locked and monitored environment designed to prevent unauthorized entry or theft, and are protected by a firewall. The servers are also backed up to a secure offsite data center. (USA)
Showbie / An app and web based program that supports student learning by providing an avenue to access teacher provided learning materials in a paperless environment / / / / Cloud based Canada
Bebras / “Bebras” aims to promote interest in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as well as Informatics as foundational science to all school students. Aims to build problem solving skills and develop analytic and algorithmic thinking. / / / / Supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Department of Communications and hosted by National ICT Australia (NICTA).
Khan Accademy / Offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace / / / / Khan Academy also uses Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site may use LSOs such as HTML5 to collect and store information.
Socrative / Socrative is a cloud-based student/teacher tool. It allows teachers to create simple quizzes that students can take quickly on a range of devices. / / / / cloud based USA
Code.org / Code.org increases diversity in computer science by reaching students of all backgrounds where they are — at their skill-level, in their schools, and in ways that inspire them to keep learning. / / / / data websites located at
Typing
Club / Typing is an engaging and structured program that assists students to learn the processes of typing. / / / / Cloud based servers in America
Scratch / Scratch allows uses to program their own interactive stories, games, and animations and share in an online community. Scratch is designed for kids to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. / / / / cloud based USA
Seesaw / Digital portfolios for the classroom. Seesaw empowers students to independently document what they are learning at school. / / / / Information at:

Third Party Consent: Please complete and return to class teacher

Student’s name: ______

Year level: ______

Please circle your choicefrom the selection below.

I [Do Consent / Do Not Consent] to my child’s information being provided to each of the third party providers for the provision of an educational service.

ORselect from the table below:

Mathletics Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Studyladder Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Bebras Do Consent / Do Not Consent
Schoolbo Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Spelling City Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Khan Academy Do Consent / Do Not Consent
Reading Eggs Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Showbie Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Socrative Do Consent / Do Not Consent
Code.org Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Scratch Do Consent / Do Not Consent / Seesaw Do Consent / Do Not Consent
Typing Club Do Consent / Do Not Consent

As a parent or guardian of this student, I have read the terms of use and privacy policy of each of the websites listed. I understand that my student’s personal information will be provided to these third party software providers for the purpose of my student’s registration and use of the software programs and that this information may be stored outside of Australia.

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Parent/Guardian’s Name Parent/Guardian’s Signature Date